Aidoia nubilosa ( Boheman, 1855 )

Sekerka, Lukáš, 2016, Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 275-344 : 309

Aidoia nubilosa ( Boheman, 1855)

Coptocycla nubilosa Boheman, 1855: 103 (original description).

Type locality. ‘Columbia’.

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: pinned, ‘ Colum | bia [w, hw, s, circle label] || 47 | 25 [hw on underside of preceding label; the number indicates that the specimen was purchased from Mr. Turner] || oculosa Bhn [w, hw by Boheman, s] || nubilosa Bohem | Cass. III. 103. [additionally hw on the verso of the preceding label]’ ( BMNH).

Remarks. Aidoia nubilosa is an unmistakable species due to its subcordiform shape of body, narrow pronotum, and black broad stripes on ventral side of each elytron enclosing yellow oval spot. It also has three basal antennomeres shiny and sparsely pubescent, and the apex of elytral epipleura pubescent.

BOROWIEC (1998a) recorded it as a new species for Ecuador based on a single specimen from La Bonita in the Napo Province. The locality refers to a small town La Bonita (approx. 0°28.3′N 77°32.8′W) situated on the Eastern slope of the Andes close to Colombian border and is in the province of Sucumbíos not Napo.

Distribution. Colombia: Cundinamarca ( BOROWIEC 1996) and Ecuador: Sucumbíos (BOROWIEC 1998a).